Isaiah 50
50
1This is what the Lord says:
Where is your mother’s divorce certificate
that I used to send her away? # Dt 24:1-3; Jr 3:8
Or who were My creditors that I sold you to? # Dt 32:30; 2Kg 4:1; Neh 5:5
Look, you were sold for your iniquities, # Is 13:11
and your mother was put away
because of your transgressions.
2Why was no one there when I came?
Why was there no one to answer when I called?
Is My hand too short to redeem? # Gn 18:14; Nm 11:23; Is 59:1
Or do I have no power to deliver?
Look, I dry up the sea by My rebuke; # Ex 14:21; Is 43:16; 44:27
I turn the rivers into a wilderness;
their fish rot because of lack of water
and die of thirst.
3I dress the heavens in black
and make sackcloth their clothing. # Rv 6:12
The Obedient Servant
4The Lord God has given Me
the tongue of those who are instructed # Is 8:16; 54:13
to know how to sustain the weary with a word.
He awakens Me each morning;
He awakens My ear to listen like those being instructed. # Jn 4:34
5The Lord God has opened My ear,
and I was not rebellious;
I did not turn back. # Jn 8:29; 14:31; 15:10; Php 2:8; Heb 5:8
6I gave My back to those who beat Me,
and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard.
I did not hide My face from scorn and spitting. # Mt 26:67; 27:26; Mk 14:65; 15:19; Lk 22:63; Jn 19:1-5
7The Lord God will help Me;
therefore I have not been humiliated;
therefore I have set My face like flint, # Ezk 3:8-9
and I know I will not be put to shame.
8The One who vindicates Me is near; # Is 45:25
who will contend with Me?
Let us confront each other. # Lit us stand
Who has a case against Me? # Lit Who is lord of My judgment
Let him come near Me!
9In truth, the Lord God will help Me;
who will condemn Me? # Rm 8:33-34
Indeed, all of them will wear out like a garment;
a moth will devour them. # Jb 13:28; Is 51:8; Hs 5:12
10Who among you fears the Lord,
listening to the voice of His Servant? # Is 42:1; 49:3-7; 52:13; 53:11; Ezk 34:23-24; Zch 3:8; Ac 3:13
Who among you walks in darkness,
and has no light?
Let him trust in the name of Yahweh;
let him lean on his God.
11Look, all you who kindle a fire,
who encircle yourselves with # Syr reads who set ablaze firebrands;
walk in the light of your fire
and in the firebrands you have lit!
This is what you’ll get from My hand:
you will lie down in a place of torment.
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Isaiah 50
50
1Yahweh says, “Where is the bill of your mother’s divorce, with which I have put her away?
Or to which of my creditors have I sold you?
Behold, you were sold for your iniquities,
and your mother was put away for your transgressions.
2Why, when I came, was there no one?
When I called, why was there no one to answer?
Is my hand shortened at all, that it can’t redeem?
Or have I no power to deliver?
Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea.
I make the rivers a wilderness.
Their fish stink because there is no water, and die of thirst.
3I clothe the heavens with blackness.
I make sackcloth their covering.”
4The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught,
that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary.
He awakens morning by morning,
he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
5The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear.
I was not rebellious.
I have not turned back.
6I gave my back to those who beat me,
and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair.
I didn’t hide my face from shame and spitting.
7For the Lord Yahweh will help me.
Therefore I have not been confounded.
Therefore I have set my face like a flint,
and I know that I won’t be disappointed.
8He who justifies me is near.
Who will bring charges against me?
Let us stand up together.
Who is my adversary?
Let him come near to me.
9Behold, the Lord Yahweh will help me!
Who is he who will condemn me?
Behold, they will all grow old like a garment.
The moths will eat them up.
10Who among you fears Yahweh
and obeys the voice of his servant?
He who walks in darkness
and has no light,
let him trust in Yahweh’s name,
and rely on his God.
11Behold, all you who kindle a fire,
who adorn yourselves with torches around yourselves,
walk in the flame of your fire,
and among the torches that you have kindled.
You will have this from my hand:
you will lie down in sorrow.
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